Schmidt Names Side For Wales

Ireland Head Coach Joe Schmidt has named his side to face Wales in Round 4 of the RBS 6 Nations at the Millennium Stadium on Saturday and includes five Munster players in the matchday squad.

Captain Paul O’Connell, Peter O’Mahony, Connor Murray and Simon Zebo retain their starting positions while Felix Jones is again named amongst the replacements.

This weekend’s encounter will see O’Connell win his 100^th cap in the green of Ireland.

In total just one change is made to the starting line-up that defeated England with Jamie Heaslip returning at number 8.

IRELAND team to play Wales:

15. Rob Kearney (UCD/Leinster)
14. Tommy Bowe (Belfast Harlequins/Ulster)
13. Jared Payne (Ulster)
12. Robbie Henshaw (Buccaneers/Connacht)
11. Simon Zebo (Cork Con/Munster)
10. Johnny Sexton (Racing Metro)
9. Conor Murray (Garryowen/Munster)

8. Jamie Heaslip (Dublin University/Leinster)
7. Sean O'Brien (UCD/Leinster)
6. Peter O'Mahony (Cork Constitution/Munster)
5. Paul O'Connell (Young Munster/Munster) captain
4. Devin Toner (Lansdowne/Leinster)
3. Mike Ross (Clontarf/Leinster)
2. Rory Best (Banbridge/Ulster)
1. Jack McGrath (St. Mary's College/Leinster)

Replacements:

16. Sean Cronin (St. Mary's College/Leinster)
17. Cian Healy (Clontarf/Leinster)
18. Martin Moore (Lansdowne/Leinster)
19. Iain Henderson (Ballynahinch/Ulster)
20. Jordi Murphy (Lansdowne/Leinster)
21. Eoin Reddan (Lansdowne/Leinster)
22. Ian Madigan (Blackrock/Leinster)
23. Felix Jones (Shannon/Munster)

Take a look at our match and training gallery of the 6 Nations to date by clicking here.

Wales v Ireland, 2015 RBS 6 Nations, Saturday March 14th at the Millennium Stadium – KO 2:30pm.

This game will be televised on RTE2 while you can also follow the action on Twitter: #WALvIRE #ShoulderToShoulder